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China, India Hold Border Talks
On Tuesday, Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the 25th round of Special Representatives talks in Beijing, focusing on their long-standing border dispute.
The two nuclear powers share a 3,488-km largely undemarcated border in the Himalayas, managed through a Special Representatives mechanism established in 2003 to address recurring tensions.
Doval and Wang described the discussions as "candid and in-depth," agreeing to seek a "fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement" of the border issue.
Prior to border talks, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng urged both nations to handle their relationship from a "strategic and long-term perspective" and properly manage differences.
The engagement precedes the upcoming BRICS summit, while both nations confirmed plans to hold the next round of boundary negotiations in India in 2027.
(Beijing=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Hyun-jung = China and India have agreed to establish an expert group to resolve their long-standing border dispute and expand military liaison networks in the relevant region...